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before we get to them and martin luther king jr.'s legacy let's get caught up on the political headlines today. in connecticut just 111 days after the slaughter of children at the sandy hook elementary school, the gun debate is over. with the stroke of the pen connecticut governor signed into law one of the most strictest gun laws on the books. it is the country's own system to track offenders and the ban now includes high capacity magazines. it's a start for parents who lost children in the shoot shooting. >> i can't tell you how much it means to us that our voices have been heard. we said from the outset that we want newtown to be known not for tragedy but for transformation. this law marks that turning point. >> michael: it's so effective when you hear the parents speak. governor malloy made it clear there is still so much to be done in other states and at the federal level. >> in some sense i hope this is an example to the rest of the nation. certainly to our leaders in washington who seem so deeply divided about an issue such as
before we get to them and martin luther king jr.'s legacy let's get caught up on the political headlines today. in connecticut just 111 days after the slaughter of children at the sandy hook elementary school, the gun debate is over. with the stroke of the pen connecticut governor signed into law one of the most strictest gun laws on the books. it is the country's own system to track offenders and the ban now includes high capacity magazines. it's a start for parents who lost children in the...
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martin luther king jr. dr. martin luther king jr. on the steps of the lincoln memorial and paula deen with all of her racist comments and everything coming up lately, right? all right. let's have a little show of applause here. and it's not just that she wins. she wins. she crushes them. 73-59%. tell me what you think. what this says and you know what? god forbid, the thought would cross my mind. do you think it would be that different in other states in the south? god, i would hope so. >> i'm with you. i hope so but i don't know. >> bill: other states around the country. i'm telling you, you know, we don't allow states to secede from the union but are we allowed to throw some states out? >> you know what? i mean -- now is a good time to think about it. >> bill: or maybe some people from some states out. again, 1-866-55-press. before we take a break, a quick call from chicago. joey, what do you think? isn't that appalling? joey. >> caller: good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. my father wasn't a smart man but did he tell me th
martin luther king jr. dr. martin luther king jr. on the steps of the lincoln memorial and paula deen with all of her racist comments and everything coming up lately, right? all right. let's have a little show of applause here. and it's not just that she wins. she wins. she crushes them. 73-59%. tell me what you think. what this says and you know what? god forbid, the thought would cross my mind. do you think it would be that different in other states in the south? god, i would hope so....
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and he'll let us know about it. >> so the righteous indignation of martin luther king jr. becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. be
and he'll let us know about it. >> so the righteous indignation of martin luther king jr. becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the...
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martin luther king jr. be doing if he were alive today? chances are he wouldn't be working for the koch brothers. coming up next. only on current tv. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? the tons of obama merchandise. we have some souvenirs like the john boehner commemorative inaugural republican drinking glass. it's always half empty, never half full, and it's perfect for when you want to cry in your own beer in public. and the rush limbaugh commemorative inaugural bucket of sand. designed to bury your head neck deep so ignore history and facts and it's big enough to hold all your viagra for those guy weekend in the dominican republic. google it. and for the kids we've got the inaugural commemorative radio-controlled drone flyer. now children can fly like an eagle and spy like one, too. and lil drone can also fly into other people's yards and destroy stuff. th
martin luther king jr. be doing if he were alive today? chances are he wouldn't be working for the koch brothers. coming up next. only on current tv. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? the tons of obama merchandise. we have some souvenirs like the john boehner commemorative inaugural republican drinking glass. it's always half empty, never half...
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martin luther king. these are the same people who think darwin was wrong and they may have just proven themselves right! this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining. film making has radically changed, everything from dvds, piracy and a massive shift in viewing habits have revolutionized the way studios think about making films. ironman 3 gets massive budgets while others are getting tougher to make. social networking has road this a way of making films just ask mr. spike lee who put his latest project on kick starter. ♪ >> i need you to help me finance my new next film. kick starter. yes, kick starter. >> john: the web site helps a wide variety of businesses get started. anyone cleared can put up a project and solicit donations from the general public. it has a big focus on cinema, projects like a big screen version of the tv show veronica mars or zach braff's film "wish i was here" have gotten a lot of funding and criticism. much c
martin luther king. these are the same people who think darwin was wrong and they may have just proven themselves right! this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining. film making has radically changed, everything from dvds, piracy and a massive shift in viewing habits have revolutionized the way studios think about making films. ironman 3 gets massive budgets while others are getting tougher to make....
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on martin luther king day as the saying goes rosa parks road to that martin luther king could march and barack obama could run, and so we would all fly. it was so magnificent for him to take the spirit of dr. king the civil rights movement, take the american story and including everybody in it from our newest americans to our oldest citizens, and when he said our social safety net does not make us weak you could hear the oh throughout the whole crowd. >> jennifer: where were you christine? >> i was up to the president's right. we had a great view of the president and it was really really exciting. we were sitting right near artist john legend and cindy lopper both of who are very active in the community. we were all just cheering practically every line so we were a bit of a rowdy bunch but we were very very excited to be there, and looking out and seeing all of those people it was really really special and wonderful. >> jennifer: yeah, bill, i completely agree with everything, and the thing that struck me bill was that he really spoke clearly about income inequality you don't hear presi
on martin luther king day as the saying goes rosa parks road to that martin luther king could march and barack obama could run, and so we would all fly. it was so magnificent for him to take the spirit of dr. king the civil rights movement, take the american story and including everybody in it from our newest americans to our oldest citizens, and when he said our social safety net does not make us weak you could hear the oh throughout the whole crowd. >> jennifer: where were you...
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martin luther king day. celebrate them both. good morning, everybody. guilt good to have you with us today on this big day of celebration. hope and renewal for all americans all the way across this land. thank you for joining us here on the "full-court press." so, here is the deal. we will be here for the next three hours to bring you up to date on the events of this weekend here in washington, d.c. our nation's capitol and then we will be popping down to the capitol building itself, and joining the coverage for current tv from 10:00 to 1:00, east coast this morning, leading up to and all the way through and after the inaugural ceremony on the west steps of the capitol which begins. the ceremony begins at 11:30 this morning great to see you with us this hour only on sirius xm. we want to heave hear from you. it should lie ahead maybe in president obama's second term. 866-55-press is the toll-free number, and how good do you think he did in the first term? what did he leave undone? you can follow. you can comment to us again on twitter and follow us on t
martin luther king day. celebrate them both. good morning, everybody. guilt good to have you with us today on this big day of celebration. hope and renewal for all americans all the way across this land. thank you for joining us here on the "full-court press." so, here is the deal. we will be here for the next three hours to bring you up to date on the events of this weekend here in washington, d.c. our nation's capitol and then we will be popping down to the capitol building itself,...
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i'll say just briefly, martin luther king jr. selma voting rights campaign was written on a notebook by her in 1963 as a reaction to the birmingham church bombing. she took it and nagged dr. king until he did it. she had tremendous intellectual influence in expanding the scope and identity of the civil rights movement on several occasions in the 60s. >> there are so many people that we don't know enough, and another member of snick we talked to julian about the fact that people are not learning about this enough right now. i know you've written a condensed volume. is part of that effort to degrees the add generation who don't have time to read the 800 page book, as you said, to try to move this education forward number what is at stake if we don't? >> if we don't learn history we can't learn citizenship on a country that is founded on the notion that our government and our politics is for every citizen. we risk a lot. i'm teaching an experimental course online trying to teach civil rights history to people. i've got people in spa
i'll say just briefly, martin luther king jr. selma voting rights campaign was written on a notebook by her in 1963 as a reaction to the birmingham church bombing. she took it and nagged dr. king until he did it. she had tremendous intellectual influence in expanding the scope and identity of the civil rights movement on several occasions in the 60s. >> there are so many people that we don't know enough, and another member of snick we talked to julian about the fact that people are not...
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just as important as what martin luther king did? >> caller: yes, i am. >> stephanie: i love you so much. with so much love in my heart,. ♪ are you an idiot ha, ha harks, ha, ha ♪ >> caller: dr. martin luther king spoke the truth to the world artistically. you do the same thing. people don't like politics so they don't want to listen to it. you make them laugh. and you give them good quality information. and that's important because i'm surrounded by complete dumb asses. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it would have been as if dr. martin luther king said i have a dream today and also -- [farting sounds] i had some beans. it is historically inaccurate. >> caller: you're just too hard on yourself. i told my wife i kissed a lesbian and i liked it. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i love you jt. >> caller: i love you too. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: kissed a girl and he liked it. it must have been my cherry lipstick. >> cherry chapstick. >> stephanie: right. jennifer in fresno real quick. hi jen. >> caller: i feel compelled to respond to rachel
just as important as what martin luther king did? >> caller: yes, i am. >> stephanie: i love you so much. with so much love in my heart,. ♪ are you an idiot ha, ha harks, ha, ha ♪ >> caller: dr. martin luther king spoke the truth to the world artistically. you do the same thing. people don't like politics so they don't want to listen to it. you make them laugh. and you give them good quality information. and that's important because i'm surrounded by complete dumb asses. [...
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what would martin luther king jr. think when he came back. the people we ask and the people we talk to on television and newspapers, they weren't people who knew him. you knew medgar evers. he were alive today. if he came back and saw mississippi in 2013, what do you think he would say myrlie. >> good, but there's still so much more to do. he wanted to clean up--if i can use that phrase--the state in which he was born, and that he loved. surely we have broken so many barriers, and medgar's work and his life as well as his death helped move mississippi forward. but if we look at not only mississippi but other parts of this country particularly in the south with this last election the strategies and techniques have changed to keep people from registering and voting but the nuances of all of those things that some people feel should not exist are still there. so it's about being aware. it's about developing programs. it's about for youth in particular to help educate them. there's too much left to do to simply say that happened 50 years ago. wha
what would martin luther king jr. think when he came back. the people we ask and the people we talk to on television and newspapers, they weren't people who knew him. you knew medgar evers. he were alive today. if he came back and saw mississippi in 2013, what do you think he would say myrlie. >> good, but there's still so much more to do. he wanted to clean up--if i can use that phrase--the state in which he was born, and that he loved. surely we have broken so many barriers, and...
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men and women who led the civil rights movement, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. they are true heroes. i'mi'm not ready to put edward joe den in that category. i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. running off to hide in china. theythat's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. >> cenk: oh, edward snowden is not martin luther king jr. you win. we already knew that. that's apples and oranges and in a different part that have commentary he knows a lot of people in government and he likes a lot of people in government. but bob, that's the problem, you know those guys too well. you think these are my buttedies. don't reveal information about them. and i think you totally lost traffic of challenging the government. so, you know theater. let's bring in the panel again casper the reverend, lee fang, he writes for "the nation" in san francisco. lee, i'm starting with you. bob shaefer guilty or not guilty. >> guilty. the biggest bias is not is a close connection to the establishment whether that's the big business co
men and women who led the civil rights movement, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. they are true heroes. i'mi'm not ready to put edward joe den in that category. i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. running off to hide in china. theythat's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. >> cenk: oh, edward snowden is not martin luther king jr. you win. we already knew that. that's apples and oranges and in a different part that have...
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>> i think what martin luther king did was write a letter from the birmingham jail, not moscow. he faced his crime when he could have had an opportunity to flee the country. he didn't do that. i think it's a very good thing he went to jail to challenge the congress of the country. he went to jail and wrote from jail. he was trying to challenge the legitimacy of the law by showing it's i will legitimacy in practice. i think edward snowden should come home and face the music. to me, that is what makes sense. if he's right, if snowden is correct, and we do have very important secrets that are being gathered by the u.s. government, why is he giving them to russia. >> we don't know he's giving them to russia. that's an assumption. >> don't you assume that they have his hard drive, that they have the ability. do we have any facts that indicate that snowden and his computers are solely without investigation by the people who just gave him asylum. >> the united states government has tried outlaw the kind of encryption that edward snowden is doing. i say it's an assumption that they have
>> i think what martin luther king did was write a letter from the birmingham jail, not moscow. he faced his crime when he could have had an opportunity to flee the country. he didn't do that. i think it's a very good thing he went to jail to challenge the congress of the country. he went to jail and wrote from jail. he was trying to challenge the legitimacy of the law by showing it's i will legitimacy in practice. i think edward snowden should come home and face the music. to me, that is...
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luther king jr. and dawn and gandhi were great but do not apply to these things because of al-qaeda. i was disappointed when he said that. if we look throughout history and the people we admire, jesus gandhi mandela mandela did decide to endorse violent tactics in his struggle. would i be able to pull the trigger? the case would have to be extremely wear and to use that power with the utmost judiciousness. i would not be able to pull a trigger that it was going to go against people that i would kill. i could not do that. >> cenk: signature strikes. that's what michael is referring to there, where we don't know who we are killing. personality strikes where we do know who we're killing. i think we can agree we could not doing signature strikes. but gandhi said, i chose the method of peace, also because we didn't have the guns. >> it wasn't an option. >> but michael hayes i guess brought up martin luther king jr. and nelson mandela. jimmy carter was president for four years. never fired a gun. never dro
luther king jr. and dawn and gandhi were great but do not apply to these things because of al-qaeda. i was disappointed when he said that. if we look throughout history and the people we admire, jesus gandhi mandela mandela did decide to endorse violent tactics in his struggle. would i be able to pull the trigger? the case would have to be extremely wear and to use that power with the utmost judiciousness. i would not be able to pull a trigger that it was going to go against people that i would...
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but this is more than martin luther king jr. we appreciate that. joan mulholland, thank you for fighting so hard to make a difference, and loki, thank you for telling the story. >> michael: coming up in the war room all of us celebrate the proud statesmen and then we look at the bumbling careers of not so proud ones. "the war room" returns in a moment. minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore.
but this is more than martin luther king jr. we appreciate that. joan mulholland, thank you for fighting so hard to make a difference, and loki, thank you for telling the story. >> michael: coming up in the war room all of us celebrate the proud statesmen and then we look at the bumbling careers of not so proud ones. "the war room" returns in a moment. minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were...
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if martin luther king jr. were to come back alive today he would be disgusted with the amount of segregation that we still see. he would see the movie called "the butler" and say, my goodness has that much really changed? and he would look at income and he would say i can't believe you haven't gotten anything done in the 50 years i've been dead. i think what the progressive movement needs to remember and in particular remember what this president is to continue to light fires under the feet of politicians to stay angry and passionate about these issues. it's not like you can fix income equality. it's not like you can gist fix racism. these are rain leaking through the roof. you have to constantly patch it up or we'll flood the home. there is a belief, unfortunately, that some of these problems get fixed, and we can move on rather than realizing they're ongoing struggles. >> we had christine pelosi on yesterday, oh, we elected a black president, so all of our problems are over. that's not the case. he has been
if martin luther king jr. were to come back alive today he would be disgusted with the amount of segregation that we still see. he would see the movie called "the butler" and say, my goodness has that much really changed? and he would look at income and he would say i can't believe you haven't gotten anything done in the 50 years i've been dead. i think what the progressive movement needs to remember and in particular remember what this president is to continue to light fires under...
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i think people going after snowden are evoking martin luther king and rosa parks. i figure say no, he's not but don't bring him up if people defending snowden aren't bringing up those figures. cenk: you put together the compilation yesterday bob schaefer and perry oh, he's not gandy. he would like to not spend his life in jail or be executed. he has principles. he's trying to walk a line. it's a really, really hard line. what would you do, say all right, here, i give myself into obama and i'm going to get the bradley manning treatment? >> this is why i admire snowden. what he did was important and he gave up a very, very curby lifestyle in hawaii with a beautiful girlfriend to do what he has done. it takes a tremendous amount of courage and that courage continues when he decides you know what, i'm not going to take asylum from russia, because it goes against my principles. that's a very principled person. >> glenn greenwald said there is even more information, shocking information to come. >> what's the end game here for ed snowden? >> from the first time i spoke w
i think people going after snowden are evoking martin luther king and rosa parks. i figure say no, he's not but don't bring him up if people defending snowden aren't bringing up those figures. cenk: you put together the compilation yesterday bob schaefer and perry oh, he's not gandy. he would like to not spend his life in jail or be executed. he has principles. he's trying to walk a line. it's a really, really hard line. what would you do, say all right, here, i give myself into obama and i'm...
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martin luther king jr. and attempted to extricate the toronto from the conflict of vietnam. quote, being members of political parties does not relief our ledge taters of their responsibilities to all constituent it's not merely those who supported or helped finance their [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. [ woman ] oh, my gosh -- it's so good! [ kristal ] we're just taking a sample of all our different items in our festival of shrimp so we can describe them to our customers. [ male announcer ] red lobster's festival of shrimp starts now! for just $12.99, pair any two of 9 exciting shrimp creat
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we considered martin luther king as an outside agitator. and he was, but i didn't realize at the time that that was a good thing. so i -- so i grew up in that atmosphere, and it wasn't until i was in my late 20s that i came to see this as something having to do with me. one of the negotiations with king to make the demonstrations stop were so controversial and unpopular that there was only one white businessman who would allow his name to be used. and i found out this man was a cousin on mine. and that really set me on the path back to try to figure out what my people had to do with all of this. >> michael: i remember charles morgan who said this is not who we are and then he was kind of run out of town. isn't that -- you were either with the white establishment in birmingham or you weren't. is that hot it was? >> he was sort of the rear toic to the mayor. chuck morgan after the church bombing stood up and gave a speech saying that all of us are guilty. now my father was a close friend of chuck morgans and when i found this out i couldn't b
we considered martin luther king as an outside agitator. and he was, but i didn't realize at the time that that was a good thing. so i -- so i grew up in that atmosphere, and it wasn't until i was in my late 20s that i came to see this as something having to do with me. one of the negotiations with king to make the demonstrations stop were so controversial and unpopular that there was only one white businessman who would allow his name to be used. and i found out this man was a cousin on mine....
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and the people that high school students can identify it's george washington, and martin luther king. and julian bond who is one of my heros, he said it best when he was teaching college he found all of the students knew who mar to inluther king was, but they saw him as sort of a fable, but he didn't know the other not quite so well-known people. i'm surprised that lil' wayne even knew who emmett till was or how to spell his name. it's people -- kids are googling emmett till who may not have known who he was, so that i will give lil' wayne credit for. >> michael: that's true, and the outrage of these kids once they realize the real story of lil' wayne -- of emmett till may be directed towards lil' wayne, and we have julian vaughn joining us on wednesday. >> oh, great. >> michael: thank you so much for coming. brett ehrlich didn't get to see the full presentation of the oscars last night, but good news is he is a twitter guy so he has the gist of the whole thing. he joins us next. we'll be right back. ♪ the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during re
and the people that high school students can identify it's george washington, and martin luther king. and julian bond who is one of my heros, he said it best when he was teaching college he found all of the students knew who mar to inluther king was, but they saw him as sort of a fable, but he didn't know the other not quite so well-known people. i'm surprised that lil' wayne even knew who emmett till was or how to spell his name. it's people -- kids are googling emmett till who may not have...
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one that belonged to abraham lincoln, and one that belonged to martin luther king jr. the president is going to be sworn in with king's bible on martin luther king jr. day. he'll be facing at that moment the lincoln memorial, where king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago. as far as symbolism goes, it does not get better than that. and then what had gotten better are california's finances. for the first time in five years california will not have a budget deficit. in fact, democratic governor jerry brown today announced a budget for the next fiscal year that bloomberg news projects to have a $851 million surplus. a surplus. as recently as 2009 california ran a $49 billion budget deficit deficit. now $851 million surplus. thanks to voter-approved tax increase the past election, the budget actually increases investments, including for california schools. it takes a progressive to make the tough calls clean up the mess and put the state on the right track. just sayin', we tip our hat to california governor jerry brown. then way across the country in
one that belonged to abraham lincoln, and one that belonged to martin luther king jr. the president is going to be sworn in with king's bible on martin luther king jr. day. he'll be facing at that moment the lincoln memorial, where king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago. as far as symbolism goes, it does not get better than that. and then what had gotten better are california's finances. for the first time in five years california will not have a budget...
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martin luther king jr. had a gun he would have been able to fight off the white gun-wielding guy who killed him. too bad they were teaching christians about non-violence. >> this is straight out of "django unchainedded". you get the feeling that they watched django, loved the first half. don't like the ending as much but i have a great idea how we can swing this white supremacist message out there. >> john: speaking of white supremacist, house g.o.p. they went on their winter retreat in williamsburg, virginia. great town. i got family there. but one of the goals of the retreat was how to better reach out to minorities. they decided to hold it at the kings mill resort, the site of an old plantation where slaves were kept. i mean-- >> this is brilliant. >> john: this is like reaching out to women voters by having a retreat at ike turner's old house. >> i have friend who have black friends, and this is equivalent to having a discussion about cancer research like in a--in a nuclear zone. in an area full of the
martin luther king jr. had a gun he would have been able to fight off the white gun-wielding guy who killed him. too bad they were teaching christians about non-violence. >> this is straight out of "django unchainedded". you get the feeling that they watched django, loved the first half. don't like the ending as much but i have a great idea how we can swing this white supremacist message out there. >> john: speaking of white supremacist, house g.o.p. they went on their...
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martin luther king, jr.'s niece alvita put out this ad against it. >> i understand the civil rights struggle. during the movement, we were working for taxes education housing, jobs and health care. as a minister, i believe that the naacp leadership and gay rights activists have folder an unholy alliance trying to convince us that marriage needs to be redefine. we did not define marriage and cannot redefine marriage. >> joins us now within the great carl fritsch. welcome back inside the war room. >> good evening governor. >> how do you think tomorrow that the states are going to side on the issue of marriage equality since there are so many of those on the ballot? >> well, you know to quote joe biden, this is a really b.f.d. it's a big deal. only one time have voters not approved a ban on same-sex marriage. that was in arizona and two years later they approved it, so the chance at a lgbt activists and those that support simple human dignity and gay rights have to approve marriage equality in washington, maryla
martin luther king, jr.'s niece alvita put out this ad against it. >> i understand the civil rights struggle. during the movement, we were working for taxes education housing, jobs and health care. as a minister, i believe that the naacp leadership and gay rights activists have folder an unholy alliance trying to convince us that marriage needs to be redefine. we did not define marriage and cannot redefine marriage. >> joins us now within the great carl fritsch. welcome back inside...
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one owned by martin luther king jr. those are the two men barack obama cites as his greatest inspirations. he's the fourth president to be sworn in using two bibles. likewise, the entertainment today as has been well documented, beyonce singing the national anthem. james taylor will perform as will "american idol" winner kelly clarkson. she was an outspoken mitt romney supporter now here to celebrate the president's inaugural. i kind of feel like i need extra help. let's make history ourself for the first skype interview in the politically direct coverage of the 2012-2013 campaign season. to the great bill press right there on the ground in washington, d.c. good morning, sir. happy inauguration day. >> bill: hi, john. hi, jennifer. i'm so proud to make history on current tv today. i'm not the only one to do so today. >> jennifer: you're skypeing from the ground so you can give us some perspective. where are you located, bill? >> bill: well, if you are -- president obama standing at the podium, right, look out over the w
one owned by martin luther king jr. those are the two men barack obama cites as his greatest inspirations. he's the fourth president to be sworn in using two bibles. likewise, the entertainment today as has been well documented, beyonce singing the national anthem. james taylor will perform as will "american idol" winner kelly clarkson. she was an outspoken mitt romney supporter now here to celebrate the president's inaugural. i kind of feel like i need extra help. let's make history...
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martin luther king jr. was assassinated in memphis, tennessee, president lyndon b johnson signed the fair housing act of 1968. it was the last piece of legislation of the civil rights era. it out lawed discrimination in rent and sales of home. he launched the freedom move to bring it to northern cities. they protested the cities entrenched in housing segregation. by 1968 the fair housing act a had languished on the floor for two years. after martin luther king jr.'s murder president johnson pushed the law through. >> i do not exaggerate when i say the proudest moments of my presidency have been times such as this when i have signed into law the promises of a century. >> michael: the promises of a century. nearly 50 years later the promise of fair housing still has not been fulfilled. since the start of the financial crisis in 2007 $10 million people have lost their homes due to foreclosure. 10 million people. that's the population o of new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. think about that. while thi
martin luther king jr. was assassinated in memphis, tennessee, president lyndon b johnson signed the fair housing act of 1968. it was the last piece of legislation of the civil rights era. it out lawed discrimination in rent and sales of home. he launched the freedom move to bring it to northern cities. they protested the cities entrenched in housing segregation. by 1968 the fair housing act a had languished on the floor for two years. after martin luther king jr.'s murder president johnson...
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when thurgood marshall was advising martin luther king not to protest within the law -- not to break the law in his civil rights protests martin luther king quoted that sometimes a good man must break up unjust law. and thurgood said but martin when therou wrote that he was in jail. >> stephanie: but is this civil disobesence -- >> but we don't know. >> caller: i'm saying it is two different arguments. is it illegal? or it is wrong. sometimes illegal is right. >> stephanie: but is it up to this guy. >> was it up to martin luther king -- >> stephanie: you are comparing ed snowden to martin luther king and my father to [ inaudible ] pal! [ explosion ] >> he's so sensitive when being compared to the nazis. >> stephanie: you are thinking of another republican family the bush family. [♪ circus music ♪] >> well bush was aiding the nazis during -- i was thinking of prescott bush. >> stephanie: that's who you were thinking of. cindy in michigan hi cindy. >> caller: i was brought up in a neighborhood with a party line. so i got used to people listening in on your phone calls. so to me it
when thurgood marshall was advising martin luther king not to protest within the law -- not to break the law in his civil rights protests martin luther king quoted that sometimes a good man must break up unjust law. and thurgood said but martin when therou wrote that he was in jail. >> stephanie: but is this civil disobesence -- >> but we don't know. >> caller: i'm saying it is two different arguments. is it illegal? or it is wrong. sometimes illegal is right. >>...
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we honor prosecutor -- martin luther king. are you surprised by the crassness of virginia republicans that they would use dr. king's day a national holiday as an excuse to make it harder for people to vote? >> you know, it's hard to -- virginia has really set a rather high bar to be sort of shocked by their crassness. this is the -- this is the legislature that voted for the transvaginal probe. so i mean, look, this has been the game plan of the republicans since 2010. they've done it on a state by state basis where they are redistricted their districts in a soft unprecedented partisan way. where they're going to make smaller or i should say more concentrated big democratic districts and then basically make it so that they have more districts that are sort of a plus republican on the partisan index. now they're taking it to the next level of they're going to use this in their plans to swing the electoral votes as well. so i'm not terribly surprised they would do this hook or crook. we saw what happened in wisconsin. this is th
we honor prosecutor -- martin luther king. are you surprised by the crassness of virginia republicans that they would use dr. king's day a national holiday as an excuse to make it harder for people to vote? >> you know, it's hard to -- virginia has really set a rather high bar to be sort of shocked by their crassness. this is the -- this is the legislature that voted for the transvaginal probe. so i mean, look, this has been the game plan of the republicans since 2010. they've done it on...
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you know martin luther king, jr. once said now long? not long because no lie can live forever. and the other side's position really is based on a law. every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid it is serious we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting everybody's attention. >> maybe this is why mother nature is still fighting an uphill battle. between 2009 and 2011 coverage by the national tv networks dropped a whopping 80%. coming up next, the moments that define a leader. how a black teenager's death put race front in center in the presidential race. and later we'll hear from a remarkable 15-year-old girl on how the war on women is mobilizing the progressives. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? bu
you know martin luther king, jr. once said now long? not long because no lie can live forever. and the other side's position really is based on a law. every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid it is serious we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting...
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martin luther king never endorsed a candidate he believed it was important to have independent, two parties he pressured both parties he got support and opposition for both parties. that's what's going happen. we need a people's movement that will push the politiciansings year not going to trust the poll situations, including president obama. >> i respect that, i really do, but i also want to make sure that we have the best opportunity to get a constitutional amendment and i think that lies with president obama rather than the republicans, and my question to you, kevin the last sort of way i'd love to wrap this, is to ask you whether the occupy movement, assuming that there is a national push, can the occupy
martin luther king never endorsed a candidate he believed it was important to have independent, two parties he pressured both parties he got support and opposition for both parties. that's what's going happen. we need a people's movement that will push the politiciansings year not going to trust the poll situations, including president obama. >> i respect that, i really do, but i also want to make sure that we have the best opportunity to get a constitutional amendment and i think that...
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luther king. that's a civil trial in 1999. and dr. king's family agreed with james earl -- >> stephanie: richard have you always -- you know i guess i'll put it distrusted the government? >> i was a newspaper reporter and just reflectively since -- you know, they exploded john kennedy's head in brood daylight in 1963 that kind of shook me up and then later malcolm x and then martin luther king. and then john kennedy, a lot of the same names starting popping up. >> uh-huh. >> turns out presidents are just part-time workers. >> stephanie: if you ever do come to l.a. -- i can testify that jim ward -- he is at my house almost every other weekend at a party and literally this is what he talks about -- >> i have never been invited at one of your parties -- >> stephanie: you have a standing invitation, but you and jim will not be able to be pried apart. >> nixon was talking about the bay of pigs, and [ inaudible ] said that was code word for the kennedy assassination. >> a lot of people think the reason
luther king. that's a civil trial in 1999. and dr. king's family agreed with james earl -- >> stephanie: richard have you always -- you know i guess i'll put it distrusted the government? >> i was a newspaper reporter and just reflectively since -- you know, they exploded john kennedy's head in brood daylight in 1963 that kind of shook me up and then later malcolm x and then martin luther king. and then john kennedy, a lot of the same names starting popping up. >> uh-huh....
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one of them is a woman who marched with martin luther king jr. and he's 93 years old. then when it was found out that she would not be allowed to vote, she was given the permission to vote and the story was taken out of the news. >> eliot: many who don't understand the technical nature, this is none existent problem why are they making it hard for people to show up and vote except for prejudicial reason they don't want certain people to show up and vote. does it have a dangerous motivation. >> in order for it to be struck down it has to be a discriminatory you can't discriminate against a racial minority, for example, you can't discriminate against women but you can enact bad political. this is both bad policy and discriminatory. that's why you see a rash of civil rights cases. >> eliot: these laws are neutral on their face. everyone has to show the same i.d. if i were the state of pennsylvania arguing the laws of institution would say, wait a minute, many are obligated to show the same photo i.d. this does not discriminate against any one group of people. >> that's ri
one of them is a woman who marched with martin luther king jr. and he's 93 years old. then when it was found out that she would not be allowed to vote, she was given the permission to vote and the story was taken out of the news. >> eliot: many who don't understand the technical nature, this is none existent problem why are they making it hard for people to show up and vote except for prejudicial reason they don't want certain people to show up and vote. does it have a dangerous...
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martin luther king took a simple position he said individuals get in love and get married. he said my position is very very simple i fought too long and hard against race discrimination, not to stand up for marriage discrimination. we must respect the dignity of every human being. 54% of africans americans support president obama's position. that's the highest i have seen compared to 41% of african-americans who supported it in the last poll just in mid-2011, early 2012. there was an 11-point shift for marriage among african-americans in north carolina where obviously -- that is just -- 11 points. that's huge. >> huge! huge! >> it's only 27%, but it's up from -- let's see bla bla, bla. our poll found only 20% favoring gay marriage and now 27 expressed support. james clieburn said i like the president have evolved. i have grown to the point that i believe we have evolved to marriage equality, if we consider this a civil right, and i do i think we should have a national policy on this. a pew research survey said that most african-americans did not alter their opinion. >> pew.
martin luther king took a simple position he said individuals get in love and get married. he said my position is very very simple i fought too long and hard against race discrimination, not to stand up for marriage discrimination. we must respect the dignity of every human being. 54% of africans americans support president obama's position. that's the highest i have seen compared to 41% of african-americans who supported it in the last poll just in mid-2011, early 2012. there was an 11-point...
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we're talking about a culture and history, and that's why martin luther king's legacy is so important. >> jennifer: well, and of course guns are per vase nif a lot of communities struggling with poverty. what should we be doing to eliminate poverty in this country? >> very much like what the plt did today he said we're going to focus on gun. that's wonderful. behind it let's make poverty and let's make access to resources a priority. think about detroit, think about the south side of chicago. think about poor whites in appalachia, about what is going on in indian reservations. this kind of violence has been going on a long time among pour people. we have to have a much more comprehensive understanding of how we can access all of our citizens as well as human being around the world. >> jennifer: and the question of course is how do you lead on this issue? getting his members of congress to fallow has been an enormous challenge, whether it is guns or taking a look at the safety net of this country. so you are launching an initiative starting tomorrow which will help to be another voice
we're talking about a culture and history, and that's why martin luther king's legacy is so important. >> jennifer: well, and of course guns are per vase nif a lot of communities struggling with poverty. what should we be doing to eliminate poverty in this country? >> very much like what the plt did today he said we're going to focus on gun. that's wonderful. behind it let's make poverty and let's make access to resources a priority. think about detroit, think about the south side...
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he mentioned martin luther king jr. he quoted frederick douglas again a historic icon that nothing is gained without a struggle. he quoted those individuals, but he did not acknowledge the pain of the recognition of what happened in 2000 when voters were stopped from going to the polls in the florida presidential election or the presidential election. he did not acknowledge the case in federal court here in washington the texas i.d. law. he was in texas we've taken the basis of the denial of rights of latino voters. he did not acknowledge that voter i.d. laws in many states such as pennsylvania represented voter suppression when a 95-year-old woman who voted all her life, an african-american, would be denight her right to vote because she did not have access to her birth certificate or driver's license to get a state voter i.d. you're right, when we kicked off the naacp convention in houston i was there saying, along with others, that this is our mission for 2012. not picking a presidential candidate because they are no
he mentioned martin luther king jr. he quoted frederick douglas again a historic icon that nothing is gained without a struggle. he quoted those individuals, but he did not acknowledge the pain of the recognition of what happened in 2000 when voters were stopped from going to the polls in the florida presidential election or the presidential election. he did not acknowledge the case in federal court here in washington the texas i.d. law. he was in texas we've taken the basis of the denial of...
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one the georgia capitol sits at the intersection of martin luther king boulevard and washington, so the architect of freedom of speech and one of its most thoughtful purveyors. and i think it's a slap in the face of the civil rights movement and the history we have. >> the authors are claiming it is to protect private property and the question that people listening might say is that is a reasonable thing. you want to protect people from trespassing, what is the response to that? >> i would ask you to go to your neighbor's school and see if you cross anybody's yard when you are getting there. this bill actually goes beyond unions. if you do this, you do it to everyone. so if i wanted to pro test the closing of a school in my neighbor if i'm a pta mom, i face a fine of almost $5,000 if i do it, i face a fine of a thousand dollars, and if i get the entire pta to come with me, it is $10,000. >> wow. wow. well debate of the bill earlier this month become very passionate, and i want us to take a listen to what the state senator said. just one moment. >> if this bill not passes senate bill 469
one the georgia capitol sits at the intersection of martin luther king boulevard and washington, so the architect of freedom of speech and one of its most thoughtful purveyors. and i think it's a slap in the face of the civil rights movement and the history we have. >> the authors are claiming it is to protect private property and the question that people listening might say is that is a reasonable thing. you want to protect people from trespassing, what is the response to that? >>...
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and what is so striking about this is you think about other political protesters think about martin luther king who engaged in a lot of activities across the line of the law. he was never convicted of one felony. he was charged of two, and an all white journey exonerated him on both. here is a kid who literally was harming nobody who was going to be charged with 13 felonies and they would not go away until he admitted guilt of 13 felonies. so that's the kind of extremism that i think many people are wondering about now. >> jennifer: they are charging him under this computer fraud and abuse act which is 29 years old, and the technology has evolved so much and this issue of intellectual property, how do you carve this? >> yeah, the design of the law originally was we'll trust the prosecutors to make the distinction, and i think this case shows maybe we can't. the kind of changes that are being proposed are changes that make it merely because you don't do what the contract with the -- with the online service provider says, you haven't committed a felony. there are courts where the government
and what is so striking about this is you think about other political protesters think about martin luther king who engaged in a lot of activities across the line of the law. he was never convicted of one felony. he was charged of two, and an all white journey exonerated him on both. here is a kid who literally was harming nobody who was going to be charged with 13 felonies and they would not go away until he admitted guilt of 13 felonies. so that's the kind of extremism that i think many...
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martin luther king, jr. once said, how long? not long because no lie can live forever. and the other side's position really is based on a lie. every national academy of science on this planet says that's a lie. everyone says this is man made, it is serious we have got to urgently do something about it. all of the professional scientific societies, 97-plus-percent of the scientists publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with the extreme weather events. >> robby we in this room want to use this show as a call to action for people who are passionate. if you had to give those watching a piece of advice about what they can do, what would you say? >> well, the same thing i say to everybody who asks me that question. it's get involved in the political process. this is about saving your democracy, as -- as much about that as about saving our environment. it's more important to change your politician than your light bulb, or to buy a -- you know an electric car, although that's important, but the most important thing is to try to rescue our d
martin luther king, jr. once said, how long? not long because no lie can live forever. and the other side's position really is based on a lie. every national academy of science on this planet says that's a lie. everyone says this is man made, it is serious we have got to urgently do something about it. all of the professional scientific societies, 97-plus-percent of the scientists publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with the extreme weather events....
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luther king jr. khelsea china clinton's role she can speak, and encouraging events in all 50 states. if you want to see more go to www.currenttv/"thewarroom." andspeakingofcivilrightsactivist andspeakingofcivilrightsactivist s, david david campos is would like to rename the airport after harvey milk. campos already has four cosponsors. there are airport across the country already named for individuals, but if this legislation passes, san francisco would be the first airport in the world to honor somebody who is openly gay. appropriate. all right then our favorite statistician senate silver who wrote the book "the signal and the noise: why so many predictions fail and some don't," that's the title of it. he learned why some predictions failed this past sunday because last week he appeared on espn. he predicted that the seattle seahawks would be in the super bowl. >> with seattle you saw a team blowing people out. the point differential is a predictor going forward of how well a team will do. >> jennif
luther king jr. khelsea china clinton's role she can speak, and encouraging events in all 50 states. if you want to see more go to www.currenttv/"thewarroom." andspeakingofcivilrightsactivist andspeakingofcivilrightsactivist s, david david campos is would like to rename the airport after harvey milk. campos already has four cosponsors. there are airport across the country already named for individuals, but if this legislation passes, san francisco would be the first airport in the...
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specifically on january 15th, martin luther king jr.'s actual birthday, we september the letter from 47 top national faith leaders to president obama saying we need these gun prevention measures that work. now we're working on getting letters from the state level and making sure that members of congress know that the faith community want this to happen, demand that this happens because of three things we are going to succeed. number one the moral authority of the faith community. the same moral authority that helped convince congress to save from tobacco and save lives. second, and then third mobilize the grassroots. >> jennifer: that's what i'm talking about. if you can get members of your parishes mosques synagogues, get them out and get them to write letters. that is the most powerful thing and i pray that you're successful. that's all i can say. thank you so much, vincent dimarco from faiths united to prevent gun violence. in 46 days now 1356 americans have died as a result of gun violence. a rough estimate from slate magazine. sadly
specifically on january 15th, martin luther king jr.'s actual birthday, we september the letter from 47 top national faith leaders to president obama saying we need these gun prevention measures that work. now we're working on getting letters from the state level and making sure that members of congress know that the faith community want this to happen, demand that this happens because of three things we are going to succeed. number one the moral authority of the faith community. the same moral...
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we need to be in there pulling the president to do the right thing the same way martin luther king jr. called on president johnson to support civil rights. we in the grassroots have to call on the president to do the right thing, marriage equality, income fairness, and a whole range of other things. >> john: congressman keith ellison, democrat from minnesota and co-chair of the progressive caucus, thank you for joining us and i hope to see you in new york sometime. >> it should be soon. >> john: harry reid pushes back i'm joined by political reporter joe williams and sam seder author of "ring of fire." joe, let me start with you since i already sucked up to sam. did president obama signal which way the gun debate is going in that speech? he did say that a vast majority of americans support background checks and the assault weapons ban, the ten-round ammo clip, that deserved a vote in congress. it seemed he indicated which way this is going, do you agree? >> he outlaid four basic principles, but out of all four of them the only one that he and harry reid had talked about and interviewe
we need to be in there pulling the president to do the right thing the same way martin luther king jr. called on president johnson to support civil rights. we in the grassroots have to call on the president to do the right thing, marriage equality, income fairness, and a whole range of other things. >> john: congressman keith ellison, democrat from minnesota and co-chair of the progressive caucus, thank you for joining us and i hope to see you in new york sometime. >> it should be...
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after a headline news cronkite would put on civil rights and so he started following martin luther king. and many people don't realize that cronkite is the one that really helped found earth day. cronkite was so moved as was steve jobs by the photos of planet earth just floating there, that he thought he needed to save the planet and put pressure on to help create really what became the environmental protection agency, and sent camera crews to cover earth day. he worked might illy hard to keep places like california and cape hatterus and other areas clean. >> it turns out that he was actually quite liberal, but he kept it quiet. how was he able to keep it quiet? >> well, he was very liberal. but he tries to do -- be balanced in doing the nightly news broadcast. it broke for him in vietnam when he went there toured in 69 after the vietnam war stalemate and joined the dove side. he also encouraged bobby kennedy to run for president as the anti-war candidate. but mainly -- the part that is really interesting, and your talk about citizens united reminded me of it. he gave a famous speech in
after a headline news cronkite would put on civil rights and so he started following martin luther king. and many people don't realize that cronkite is the one that really helped found earth day. cronkite was so moved as was steve jobs by the photos of planet earth just floating there, that he thought he needed to save the planet and put pressure on to help create really what became the environmental protection agency, and sent camera crews to cover earth day. he worked might illy hard to keep...
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martin luther king jr.'s rolling in his grave this morning over this. 50 years of hard work and sacrifice just dismissed by five justices of the supreme court said oh, oh, big smile on our faces. we're perfect now. we don't need any voting rights act. civil rights? what the heck. >> it is sick to hear because it also drives home the fact that it wasn't that long ago that we had these problems. you hear john lewis talk about how he lived through them. it's not like this is ancient history. >> bill: i love your take on this decision yesterday. i gotta tell you. it underscores again how important it is, how important it is when we vote for for president because the president most important decisions any president makes is who's going to sit on the supreme court for life. you know. isn't it ironic that the supreme court decision saying, in effect again, segregation and racism is all over in this country today. discrimination doesn't exist anymore. we can just trash the voting rights act and it happens in the sam
martin luther king jr.'s rolling in his grave this morning over this. 50 years of hard work and sacrifice just dismissed by five justices of the supreme court said oh, oh, big smile on our faces. we're perfect now. we don't need any voting rights act. civil rights? what the heck. >> it is sick to hear because it also drives home the fact that it wasn't that long ago that we had these problems. you hear john lewis talk about how he lived through them. it's not like this is ancient history....
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how do you like them apples, and martin luther king jr. was also a reverend. there are great religious figures in the world, and look, today was a good day in terms of pope francis heading in the right direction even with the huge caveat that ana points out. now let's turn to fox news. this prolific author who has written many books, i've interviewed him in the past about those books. he's an expert on religion, he's a scholar. fox news doesn't understand the concept. they have him on and they're f flumoxed that he could write a book about religion. >> you're a muslim. why did you write a book about christianity. >> to be clear i'm a scholar of religion with four degrees including one in the new testament and studying the origins of christianity for two decades who also just happens to be a muslim. it's not that i'm just some muslim writing about jesus. i am an expert with a ph.d in the history of religious. >> it begs the question why would you be interested in the founder of christianity. >> because it's my job as an academic. i am a professor of religion in
how do you like them apples, and martin luther king jr. was also a reverend. there are great religious figures in the world, and look, today was a good day in terms of pope francis heading in the right direction even with the huge caveat that ana points out. now let's turn to fox news. this prolific author who has written many books, i've interviewed him in the past about those books. he's an expert on religion, he's a scholar. fox news doesn't understand the concept. they have him on and...